Magee, Laura Frances née Bennett, 1916-2003 (Person)

SummaryMount Maunganui resident and daughter of Francis Percival Bennett, Public Works patternmaker and Mount Maunganui Town Board chairman, and Euphemia Bennett. Grew up beside Mount Drury and subsequently near Pacific Avenue, where her mother supplied milk and operated a boarding house for Public Works employees and holidaymakers. Attended Mount Maunganui School and continued her education in Tauranga, crossing the harbour on Faulkner’s ferries. Subsequently helped with the family boarding house. Married butcher and later sawmiller Thomas Joseph Magee (1912-2003) in 1938. Initially lived with Euphemia at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Victoria Road; later lived at 19 Terrace Avenue. Five children: Janice (1942), Barry (1944), Barbara (1947), Kevin (1954-1967) and Patricia (1955). Died in 2003, aged 86. Her joint oral-history interview with Tom records early Mount Maunganui housing, milk supply, boarding houses, schooling, ferry transport and commercial development.SourcesScott, Robert "Mount Maunganui, A History of the Land and Early Settlers from 1864", pp. 220-221Interview with Laura and Thomas Magee: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries AV 22-007/14Bay of Plenty Times, 15 October 1937, p. 2

Laura Magee on page 55 of the Tauranga Photo News No. 15, at the fishing club ball, August 1963 (restored).

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First Name(s)Laura FrancesSurnameMagee né BennettAlso Known asLindaDate of Birth1916Date of Death2003

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MotherBennett, Euphemia Bennett née ?FatherBennett, Francis Percival

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PartnerMagee, Thomas Joseph (Tom), 1912-2003 (Person)Date Married1938

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Magee, Laura Frances née Bennett, 1916-2003 (Person)